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... boys received what in those days was thought a good education . The elder , being designed for the law ( in which ... boy- hood . When my uncle John was about to begin business as 6 EARLY LIFE OF.
... boys received what in those days was thought a good education . The elder , being designed for the law ( in which ... boy- hood . When my uncle John was about to begin business as 6 EARLY LIFE OF.
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... boy , I only know that it is satirical , as the name may seem to import . I sent for another of his publications some years ago from a catalogue , not as any thing of value , but because he had been my uncle's first school- master , and ...
... boy , I only know that it is satirical , as the name may seem to import . I sent for another of his publications some years ago from a catalogue , not as any thing of value , but because he had been my uncle's first school- master , and ...
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... boy , was answered by her nurse in a tone as little favourable to me as the opinion was flat- tering . " Ay , a great ugly boy ! " and she added , when she told me this , " God forgive me ! -when I saw what a great red creature it was ...
... boy , was answered by her nurse in a tone as little favourable to me as the opinion was flat- tering . " Ay , a great ugly boy ! " and she added , when she told me this , " God forgive me ! -when I saw what a great red creature it was ...
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... boy in his third year could do , crying out , " Take me to Pat ! I don't like ye ! you've got ugly eyes ! take me to Pat , I say ! " Poor Pat went home with the story , and cried as bitterly in relating it as I had done during the un ...
... boy in his third year could do , crying out , " Take me to Pat ! I don't like ye ! you've got ugly eyes ! take me to Pat , I say ! " Poor Pat went home with the story , and cried as bitterly in relating it as I had done during the un ...
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... Boy as I was , and till then a stranger to him , he , who had no friend or relation with him , was glad of the relief which even my presence afforded to his deplorable solitude . Miss Tyler had a numerous acquaintance , such as her ...
... Boy as I was , and till then a stranger to him , he , who had no friend or relation with him , was glad of the relief which even my presence afforded to his deplorable solitude . Miss Tyler had a numerous acquaintance , such as her ...
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